6.96 gb of 8gb used!

[Rui Neves]

Hi ,
I recently formated my pc , with same system and config as before but before my ram could use 7.9 of 8gb of ram now is using only 6.96 of 8gb of ram , what could be ? I am using PCI gpu

Specs :
Amd a8 6600k
msi a88xm e35
corsair vs 550
xms3 corsair memories
r7 250x 2gb

 

[anonymousdude]

I wouldn't worry about it since all 8gb are still visible. Less RAM usage is a good thing!

 

[Rui Neves]

I wouldn't worry about it since all 8gb are still visible. Less RAM usage is a good thing!

my worry is , if I need all the 8g for heavy games or apps i would use it ?

 

[Jester Maroc]

I assume you are on Windows 10? The new Win10 update changed how your OS manages RAM, I bet that is the likely cause of the reduced load.

 

[Jester Maroc]

I wouldn't worry about it since all 8gb are still visible. Less RAM usage is a good thing!

my worry is , if I need all the 8g for heavy games or apps i would use it ?

If all 8gb is available then your PC will allocate the memory as required by apps and games. It is only if you have less than 8gb available that less will be allocated.

 

[Rui Neves]

I assume you are on Windows 10? The new Win10 update changed how your OS manages RAM, I bet that is the likely cause of the reduced load.

Yes but i was using win 10 before without this problem

 

[captaincharisma]

I assume you are on Windows 10? The new Win10 update changed how your OS manages RAM, I bet that is the likely cause of the reduced load.

Yes but i was using win 10 before without this problem

it is possible that when youreinstalled it applied some windows updates you may have skipped. go to system properties and see how much ram it says you have. if it is saying 8GB then it will use it but if it is saying in there that there is a certain amount usage them i would check your BIOS settings to make sure the onboard GPU is still disabled

 

[Jester Maroc]

This is a new update by Microsoft that altered the way Windows uses RAM. www.tomshardware.com/news/microsoft-build-14942-ends-svchost-ram,32832.html

 

[Rui Neves]

I assume you are on Windows 10? The new Win10 update changed how your OS manages RAM, I bet that is the likely cause of the reduced load.

Yes but i was using win 10 before without this problem

it is possible that when you upgraded it applied some windows updates you may have skipped. go to system properties and see how much ram it says you have. if it is saying 8GB then it will use it but if it is saying in there that there is a certain amount usage them i would check your BIOS settings to make sure the onboard GPU is still disabled

on system says that I have 8gb ( usable 6.96 gb)

 

[Rui Neves]

This is a new update by Microsoft that altered the way Windows uses RAM. www.tomshardware.com/news/microsoft-build-14942-ends-svchost-ram,32832.html

i haven´t already updated to aniversary update

 

[Rui Neves]

I assume you are on Windows 10? The new Win10 update changed how your OS manages RAM, I bet that is the likely cause of the reduced load.

Yes but i was using win 10 before without this problem

it is possible that when you upgraded it applied some windows updates you may have skipped. go to system properties and see how much ram it says you have. if it is saying 8GB then it will use it but if it is saying in there that there is a certain amount usage them i would check your BIOS settings to make sure the onboard GPU is still disabled

IGPu is on Auto ,

 

[Rui Neves]

This is a new update by Microsoft that altered the way Windows uses RAM. www.tomshardware.com/news/microsoft-build-14942-ends-svchost-ram,32832.html

I have build 1511

 

[captaincharisma]

I assume you are on Windows 10? The new Win10 update changed how your OS manages RAM, I bet that is the likely cause of the reduced load.

Yes but i was using win 10 before without this problem

it is possible that when you upgraded it applied some windows updates you may have skipped. go to system properties and see how much ram it says you have. if it is saying 8GB then it will use it but if it is saying in there that there is a certain amount usage them i would check your BIOS settings to make sure the onboard GPU is still disabled

IGPu is on Auto ,

you should disable it and see what windows reports concerning your RAM amount

 

[Rui Neves]

I assume you are on Windows 10? The new Win10 update changed how your OS manages RAM, I bet that is the likely cause of the reduced load.

Yes but i was using win 10 before without this problem

it is possible that when you upgraded it applied some windows updates you may have skipped. go to system properties and see how much ram it says you have. if it is saying 8GB then it will use it but if it is saying in there that there is a certain amount usage them i would check your BIOS settings to make sure the onboard GPU is still disabled

IGPu is on Auto ,

you should disable it and see what windows reports concerning your RAM amount

I will update win 10 and will disable IGPU and give some feedback after that .
after update windows I am using all the ram again , thanks to all for the help.